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Books not behind soys former clerk Deputy Reeve Gordon Agnew was slammed at Tuesday night s meeting of council for stating the township bookkeeping system was in a hell of a state of affairs He was accused of making the statement for political gain Reeve Anne MacArthur reported she had been bothered by a definite harrassment about the statement and found the books very neat and orderly when she checked them the following Monday Former Clerktreasurer J C defended himself for the first time at the meeting I think It was a cowardly cusatlon and that you give a damn either he said to the deputyreeve I ve tried to work out a balanced budget for the last five years and I would I ve been pretty damned successful at doing ft I tried making the best use of the staff without taking on any extra help to sit around and do nothing when times were slack he said Books not behind And I thought I was doing a reasonably good and satisfying Job The books were not six months behind cheques were all balanced posting was up to date and daily entries and order collections were all recorded Mr Mclntyre also stated he would turn in ills resignation from the industrial committee and questioned Mr Agnew ability as far as examining the books was concerned There are busy times in every office he I know I was working a hour day If work got heavy we were quite happy to stay later or work on a Saturday or Sunday Reeve A made known that bookkeeper Mrs V Cochram said It was literally impossible to be six months behind in the books as stated by the deputyreeve Some things can only be entered in an account maybe once a year said Mrs Cochram She then gave an example from an entry in the township books and agreed the statement made by Mr was far from being correct Deputy Reeve stated he was not seeking political gain when he made the statement a week ago I have been in in municipal affairs since I was a kid If I don think something is right I bring it out into the open not for pussyfooting around or sweeping an incident under the rug he said I looked at the books proximately two weeks ago and found them behind understood everything was to be up to date when the old went out and the new came in Mlsl din sta te ent Councillor Jim Watson agreed the statement had misled everyone Councillor Art Gibson admitted he was also asked by numerous people just how bad a state the books were really In Councillor Allan sold he knew Mr Mclntyre was trying to save money on the budget by not hiring extra help He also asked if there was no money just how up to date the books really were Mr Mclntyre said he felt convinced Mr Agnew knew nothing about municipal books and that the discussion had turned into a private between the two He charged the deputyreeve to prove his Mr linoi statement was that he felt it was the clerk treasurer responsibility to keep the books up to date as part of his Job The reeve said she had been advised the auditors would be making their next audit between Sept and Year No 1 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER ghleen Pagos F f eon Cents VISITORS from at least five states Kentucky Michigan Ohio New York and Pennsylvania at tended Sunday Sport smen Show In Prospect Park Cars at the show bore the above license plates Staff Photos 3000 attend sportsmens show The success of Sunday s sportsmen show and preliminaries Saturday night almost ensured a repeat of the event again next year Chamber of Commerce president John Shadbolt told the Free Press this week He envisioned an even bigger and better show Blessed with perfect weather this year two day show at tracted an estimated 3 000 people to view and participate in events which started with a dance and Monte Carlo Night Saturday and wound up Sunday evening about as the model flyers finished aerial combat and declared champions There were some polntments Neither the helicopter rides nor the promised canoe race material I red The race was called off because only four contestants appeared and the licence to land the helicopter in the park never arrived in time for It to operate But talc it overall Chamber of Commerce officials who co ordinated the event with the Y Men Rotary lions and Hi Flyers were delighted with at tendance and the enthusiasm of those who participated Their combined effort also paid off at the gate Monte Carlo night Rotarlans manipulated the wheels of fortune to start Saturday activities off Simultaneously on the arena floor the tuned up and en tertained almost dancers an event arranged by the s Men Sunday morning contestants for the gun show and the aerial combat model flying were waiting to get in the park gates By they were set up and welcoming spectators Over visitors were welcomed to the gun show and It gave Hal ton Antique Gun Association president Lee of Georgetown and Acton secretary Hank Senior housing still delayed Council is still playing a waiting game as far as the Senior Citizens Housing is concerned However the engineer requested a name for the new street and councillors zapped one through Tuesday evening so that one detail couldnt be blamed for any further delay Ontario St was suggested by the mayor and speedily accepted over a handful of facetious suggestions like Darcy Drive The delaying details that have had council groaning were reviewed including the nuisance factor of ob lections For the installation of the new Ontario St a plan of subdivision must be registered and this must be approved by the O M B Contractor Headway Construction who was willing and able to build before now has other commitments However they still want to start soon Georgetown applied after us and their senior citizens are already living in the new apartments moaned the mayor special pride because it their best effort yet They had guns of every description on exhibit and some were so ancient they were made before the white man set foot in this part of Halton Model Sailors At the park point was another exhibit and competition which attracted much attention model boats shown by the Metro Marine Modellers and Golden Marine Modellers They had yacht races speed boats and liners churning through the waters of Fairy Lake in almost fairy tale fashion Owners operated them by radio from shore dressed in the regalia worn at most yacht clubs They thoroughly enjoyed themselves and their hobby was fascinating for large numbers of visitors Beside the boats was skeet shooting with Carl of the Chamber in charge as novices tried to knock down plastic pigeons with gas guns Soccer duel Another specialty of the show was a soccer match between the Acton Angels and the Georgetown All Stars who much to the visitors delight trimmed their Acton hosts Looking like choir boys as they trotted on the field both sides gave the spec tutors plenty to root about Mayor Duby kicked the first ball in the match and was personally introduced to each of the sixtoeight year olds In another comer was a golf driving practice range sponsored by Acton Meadows In the arena Harry and Sylvia showed off championship dogs There were also snowmobile displays and films on hunting which drew crowds of spectators throughout the day Model planes dominate But the overriding hum of model airplane engines pervaded all the day s events as entries from Canada and the United States battled it out for supremacy in the air Fast combat winner In this year s show was Canadian Bob Grant of London who took home the first prize for subduing last year champion American Dan of Cincinnati Ohio collected the second spot while Jim of Toronto took third place and The team trophy for the event went to the Detroit combat team Slow combat winners were Jim Town signs not ignored Councillor Coats wanted his fellow councillors to know Tuesday evening that the development commission had complained via letter to the Chamber of Commerce about the signboards at the entrances to town a week before the editorial in the Free Press He had attended the annual meeting of the Central Ontario Regional Development Com mission at the end of August and first of September at the S Skyline hotel Toronto in place of Mayor Duby who had a prior commitment with his first grand child Although Mr Coats felt the Design for Development Toronto centred region plans t radically affect the town he reviewed some of the which impressed him most need for flexibility since the civil service is already acting as if the recommendations are in effect and turning projects down favorable reaction to parkway belt systems possibility of a completely in city an appeal for consideration of man as a social animal need of optimum mix lure of the urbanization of rural land need of a provincial land bank the effect on the plan of the failure to name a site for the new airport how the plan could be implemented That was worth paying the per diem rate for one councillor commented as Mr Coats con eluded his report Moreway of Detroit Dave Detroit and Dan Bernard Varnau of Cincinnatti won the Junior award Paul Smith Detroit Henry Nelson of Pennsylvania and Pierre of Toronto took the class Lady Dyers Heading up the show sponsored by the Hi Flyers were Ron Malcolm and George of Toronto and they were assisted by local flyers and those from other centres Special attractions of the show were two lady entries Businesses and merchants donating trophies for the model plane competition were the Sports Corner Brothers Gordon Hardware Caroline Nurseries Lakeview Discount Centre Frank Toth Motors Grant Motors Station Hotel Bank of Montreal Jon Hurst Electric the Family Store lineups for the food booths List town- land with operated by the Lions club were not uncommon throughout the sunny warm day and the Lions also had their snowmobile draw prize on display later on in the afternoon At one point in the afternoon two planes In the fast combat competition broke away from operators and climbed higher and higher In the sky until they rnn out of gas then they floated to earth somewhere on Mill St while their owners fretted in the park But outside of this and some bruised shin bones from the soccer pitch St John Ambulance man Bob Hart said things were pretty quiet in the injury department The presentation of trophies to the champ on flyers ended the day At the mike for the entire ng competition was the Volceof Acton Ron McKnight owned realtor JIM of Lake Ave has more proof that some pretty fair sized bass are swimming around Fairy Lake He pulled this 3 lb 10 oz specimen from the lake just before dusk Sunday evening using a spinner with a minnow Staff Photo Fifth sale for industrial park Town owned land on Cobblehll Road will be listed for sale by G Alec Johnson real estate Acton Council decided Tuesday Ian Johnson Syd Lamb and Jack Holmes had attended a committee meeting of 1 to discuss the arrangement which is satisfactory to them The land will be listed at a m nimum of per acre exclusive to Johnson and council set the date limit at September 1 1071 Voting against the motion Ted Tyler d Are we giving things away Like the dump land He wondered if the land shouldn t be listed exclusively and if some of the acres be retained by the town as a possible park area or reforestation project He thought another salesman might realize more money from the sale Others disagree Other councillors disagreed and favored the mot on Mayor summed up We have failed to move the land in a good per of time so we have node the decision to ask the realtors We ve heard various other suggestions and offers and they all fell through On recommendotion of the planning board the land will be zoned residential The sale of land In the park has been made to Margrove Contracting Ltd whose manager is Mr also owns another lot in the park on Main St Council agreed Tuesday to accept his offer of purchase Others locating there ore Acton Wood Products Ltd Hellers Leather Finishing and Jim Gibson Construction Margrove Contracting will have two acres at 3 an acre The planned cement block building of between 4 and 5 square feet will be used for storage and re pa r of small engines according to Mr Extend service Services now being Installed in the Industrial park will be ex tended 300 more feet The section contracted for does not extend far enough clerk Joe Hurst reported to council The works committee was given authority to arrange for the extension le the contractor s equipment is still there Councillor Marks wondered how close the sale of the parcels of land so far comes to covering the costs involved There has been spent already So councillor McKenzie It not a money making proposition Councillor Marks By no stretch of the imagination Deputyreeve Tyler You get costs back in taxes Mayor Duby Guelph sells serviced land for less than we do Reeve Oakes We d be out of business if we did it any other way Fight rate increases The Ontario Municipal Association will fight a proposed increase in telephone rates on Acton behalf Tuesday night council agreed to pay the suggested half a cent per capita amounting to to the O M A fund to represent the telephone users in the hearing by Bell Canada to the Canadian Transport Commission for authority to Increase the local rates Objections were made once before successfully Young father killed in crash Seek two replacements for porks recreation BUILT IN by the Easton family this King Solomon style barn on the property of J on the Fourth Line of Is one of the few wj stone barns remaining In the Acton area For story and more pictures see Inside Staff Photo Naming of two replacements for the recreation and parks board will be made at a special meeting of council next week Resignations have been received from Phil McCristall and Art Peter Marks council representative to the board and also its chairman objected Tuesday to the way council has named replacements In a public free forall at a general meeting He felt the board itself should recommend its replacements sad unless there are extreme objections council alter this decision The last time the board recommended three names to council only one of those suggested was appointed Mr Marks felt th caused some bad feeling Just five left There are Just five members left on the Joint board now Ted Tyler felt a person ex in administration should be appointed He also thinks that council has in effect lost its representative when he acts as board chairman This takes away rather than adds to the liaison he thought To groans from long time council members and the clerk Mr Marks said he thought parks board and recreation committee would be better separated Reasons why they were Joined a few years ago were reviewed convenience grant structure and unified approach among them A young Acton father died In a headon colli on on IS west of Georgetown Friday night one day after he celebrated his birthday David Alfred Lldkea of Bower Ave was almost instantly killed when his 1969 Toyota collided with a pickup truck driven by Thomas of R Georgetown The truck driver suffered cuts and bruises to his face The accident occurred about 7 on a rise in the road just west of the Eighth Line on IS Slderoad The Acton car was classed as a total wreck Damage to the truck was estimated at Constable of the Milton investigating the cause of the crash Elder of Trinity David was well known in the community He was an elder of Trinity United Church and took an active part in the Brampton Motor Sport and the Square Dance Club He was fond of cars and racing He was to have Joined his wife and baby daughter camping the next day near Kincardine A good mechanic he was employed at Park Motors near Georgetown where his liking for cars was exercised dally He attended Toronto public schools the two Acton public schools and Acton District High School DAVID Surviving besides his wife the former Gall Reed and a daughter Marie are his parents Mr and Mrs Edgar Lidkea of Acton a brother Bertraod Owen Sound and a sister Jean Middleton in Germany Purchase home David and his family had purchased a home on Bower Avenue three months ago The funeral took place from Trinity United Church Acton Tuesday afternoon with Rev Gordon Turner officiating Interment was in cemetery Pallbearers were Bob Hart Georgetown two brothers In law Bill Reed Cooksville and Gordon Reed Acton Bob Warren Georgetown Murray Smith Guelpb and Wayne Benson Toronto The choir of Trinity United Church has established a fund for the deceased daughter Taaha in memory of her father